Pursuing Medicine Personal Statement

STATEMENT OF INTENT

Not many people resolve to pursue Medicine because of the serious commitment it requires. Nevertheless, my understanding of the need to sacrifice my time for my patients, often forsaking my own needs, has not deterred my passion to help people, to be challenged, and to learn throughout life. For pursuing my undergraduate degree, I gave the Common Entrance Test in 2008. Ranking 79 among the 200,000 students who appeared for the exam, I secured admission in Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, one of the most reputed institutes in the country for medical education and training.

After having completed the core clerkship rotations in my home school, I decided to participate in an elective program in the United States

During my SubInternship in the Maternal Fetal Medicine Department at the Yale New Haven Hospital, I was mainly involved in the care of High Risk Obstetrical patients. I was assigned outpatient duties, which involved obtaining histories and conducting brief physical examinations, as well as performing prenatal ultrasounds. My effective communication skills and bedside manners enabled me to obtain relevant histories from the patients. I tended to patients that came to the Obstetrical Triage and presented them to the resident and faculty in a thorough but concise fashion. I diagnosed cases of fetal distress, oligohydraminos and ruptured membranes with the help of fetal heart tracings, speculum examination and ultrasound. On the labor and delivery floor, I conducted uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal deliveries and assisted in repairing first and second degree episiotomies. In addition, I was assigned to the operating room where I washed up for cesarean sections and other obstetrical surgeries. Here, I was able to hone my suturing and dressing skills. I also gained extensive experience in the post-operative management of patients, conducting post-operative examinations to identify problems such as urinary retention. I put in operative as